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Helvetica, Arial, Univers?

Flowing mainly around the distinctions between Arial and Helvetica, there’s an excellent typography discussion happening over at Noisy Decent Graphics. The comments, particularly these ones from Bruno Magg add value to the procedings. On the side, if you’ve ever wondered what “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is, it’s a pangram that [...]

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bla.st – the free card directory

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I’m not one to advertise a third party unless I think it’s a valuable service for you, so this is one worth a look in my opinion. bla.st is an online business card gallery to promote your business.

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How can I increase blog readers?

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Do you find it sad when you come across a blog full of extremely relevant info, only to find that there are no comments in sight? There appears to be no site activity except for that of the frantic article poster, thinking that the key to ‘getting their message out there’ is to post as often as possible. This isn’t to say that no-one visits. In fact the majority of your readers (90% according to this study) are lurkers i.e. read or observe but don’t contribute.

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How important is a logo?

Small Business Branding

Nick Rice over at Small Business Branding wrote an article today titled 9 Branding Tips For Small Businesses.

There are some excellent points listed although I find myself having to disagree with his first point, in which he states the following…

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Smoking ruins lives

The text in the upper right of the poster reads: “Tobacco is the third cause of death in Portugal. It’s a contagious habit. Ask the children of smoker parents.” The strapline at the foot reads: “It’s not just the life you lose, but what you lose in life.” This poster is one in a series [...]

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